Accuracy: 3 m (9 ft)

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20-Jul-2012 -- This is the 10th out of 20 confluence points that I reached on a bicycle trip to the North-East of China. The narrative of the trip starts from 41°N 117°E.

At this confluence point, I crossed the route of my bicycle tour back in 2008. So this visit was a good opportunity to detect changes of the environment.

The confluence point is easily accessible from the city of Zhālántún (扎兰屯市) which is 20 km to the west. A major highway leads up to 3 km distance and a concrete slab road up to 320 m. In the same way as 4 years ago, I abandoned the bike at 80 m and then faced again the problem of crossing over a ditch.

Comparing the confluence point with the visit in 2008, we can see that that it is still located in a corn field. There is now an additional grave and the two trees have grown a bit, see 2008 and 2012. Comparing the confluence hunter, we can see that his red shirt is still functional even though 200 confluence visits lay in-between those images, see 2008 and 2012. The next village in 1 km distance, called Dáwòěrmínzúxiāng (达斡尔民族乡) went through minor changes. The sun has desaturated formerly blue roofs into a light blue color.

I continued eastwards on the main road to Arunqi where I had lunch. I noticed that it became feasible to visit one more confluence point at the same day.